[free-sklyarov] RE: [nylug-talk] pleeease arrange a mondayprotest.

[David Honig]

At 11:34 AM 7/23/01 +0200, Michael Kupershtein wrote:
>
>In accordance with the third paragraph of article 10 of the present Law,
>a person who legally owns
>a copy of a computer program or a database, has the right, without the
>consent of the copyright owner
>and without payment of an extra fee, to carry out the following actions:
>
>1. To carry out adaptation of the computer program or a database;
>
>2. To make a copy of the computer program or a database provided that
>this copy of the program is
>intended only for the archival purposes or (if the original computer
>program or  database
>is lost, destroyed or became unsuitable for use) for replacement of
>legally acquired copy.
>However the copy of the computer program or a database can not be used
>for other purposes and
>should be destroyed in case further use of this computer program or a
>database ceases to be lawful.
>
>You can find the original at
>http://www.compulenta.ru/addon/2001/7/20/16116/
>As you can see, it is plainly said that archival copies may be made
>without the copyright
>owner's consent. 

This is US law too.

Therefore any software/database distributor that does
>not provide such a
>possibility would be in violation of the law, since he'd infringe on the
>RIGHT to make
>archival copies. 

You don't infringe others freedoms (to make backups) by making it
hard to try.


It could be said, then, that the existence of
>Elcomsoft's software is the
>only thing that keeps eBook Reader legal in Russia.
>Ironic, isn't it?

That interpretation doesn't follow.